Selasa, 03 Desember 2013

My Favorite Anime

This is my
favorite anime until now. Yups, it’s naruto. Naruto is an ongoing Japanese
manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the
story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for
recognition and dreams to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is
acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all. The series is based on a
one-shot comic by Kishimoto that was published in the August 1997 issue of
Akamaru Jump.

The manga
was first published by Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's Weekly
Shōnen Jump magazine. Currently, the manga is still being serialized;
sixty-three tankōbon volumes have been released so far. The manga was later adapted
into an anime, which was produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. It premiered
across Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyo and other TX Network stations on
October 3, 2002. The first series lasted 220 episodes, while Naruto: Shippuden,
a sequel to the original series, has been airing since February 15, 2007. In
addition to the anime series, Studio Pierrot has developed eight movies for the
series and several original video animations (OVAs). Other types of merchandise
include light novels, video games and trading cards developed by several
companies.

Viz Media
has licensed the manga and anime for North American production. Viz has been
publishing the series in their Shonen Jump magazine, and as well as the
individual volumes. The anime series began airing in the United States and
Canada in 2005, and later in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2006 and 2007,
respectively. The films, as well as most OVAs from the series, have also been
released by Viz, with the first film premiering in cinemas. The first DVD
volume of Naruto: Shippuden was released by Viz in North America on September
29, 2009, and it started broadcast on Disney XD in October of the same year.
Viz Media will begin streaming both series on their upcoming streaming service
Neon Alley this fall. Naruto Shippuden will air on Adult Swim's Toonami block
January 2014.

Naruto is one of the best-selling manga series of all time having sold
more than 126.5 million copies in Japan alone. Serialized in Viz's Shonen Jump
magazine, Naruto has become one of the company's best-selling manga series. The
English adaptation of the series has also appeared in the USA Today Booklist
several times and volume 7 won the Quill Award in 2006. Reviewers from the
series have praised the balance between fighting and comedy scenes, as well as
the characters' personalities, but have criticized it for using standard shōnen
plot elements.